05-Oct-2009, 08:07 PM
As a follow up to my previous posting the information below might help
to explain "The Centre for Astrophysics at UCLAN
"The Centre for Astrophysics" was established in 1993 and has
developed areas of excellence in space-based and ground-based
astrophysics. In particular it has developed excellence in
observational and theoretical solar and stellar. More recently
there has been a rapid expansion in extragalactic astronomy and
cosmology.
Our research includes the following broad collaborations:
We have been instrumental in leading the UK involvement in the
Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) - the UK SALT Consortium.
SALT is the largest southern-hemisphere optical telescope, and
the CFA has privileged access.
We are a member of the COSMOS Consortium the UK's National
Cosmology Supercomputer.
We are a founding partner in the Commonwealth Cosmology
Initiative (CCI) an Australia-UK project (Sydney, ANU, Swinburne,
UCLan, Oxford and Cambridge) aimed at increasing awareness and
facilitating high-performance computational cosmology
collaborations.
We are a partner in the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an
ambitious Galactic Archaeology programme aimed at understanding
the formation and evolution of our Milky Way Galaxy.
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/scitech/research/.../index.php
to explain "The Centre for Astrophysics at UCLAN
"The Centre for Astrophysics" was established in 1993 and has
developed areas of excellence in space-based and ground-based
astrophysics. In particular it has developed excellence in
observational and theoretical solar and stellar. More recently
there has been a rapid expansion in extragalactic astronomy and
cosmology.
Our research includes the following broad collaborations:
We have been instrumental in leading the UK involvement in the
Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) - the UK SALT Consortium.
SALT is the largest southern-hemisphere optical telescope, and
the CFA has privileged access.
We are a member of the COSMOS Consortium the UK's National
Cosmology Supercomputer.
We are a founding partner in the Commonwealth Cosmology
Initiative (CCI) an Australia-UK project (Sydney, ANU, Swinburne,
UCLan, Oxford and Cambridge) aimed at increasing awareness and
facilitating high-performance computational cosmology
collaborations.
We are a partner in the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an
ambitious Galactic Archaeology programme aimed at understanding
the formation and evolution of our Milky Way Galaxy.
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/scitech/research/.../index.php